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| welker3257 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 19:18
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Hopefully Chambula can get those 5 KOM points
Gig 'em Aggies
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 23:13
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Chambula rode a Brilliant stage today and nearly has the Mountains jersey  |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 25-01-2014 15:39
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Apologies for the long delay at the moment, I'm having some trouble with my PC playing the last stage of Catalunya, I've tried three times so far and it's crashed mid-race every time, so as you may be able to understand, motivation is not at an all-time high right at the moment. However, hopefully I will be able to resolve the problem soon, and if not I might just have to sim the stage and move on.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-01-2014 16:54
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Fingers crossed that you can sort the problem out and carry on racing with Chambula |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 27-01-2014 18:30
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sutty - Thanks for your continued support
I had another two goes at trying to get the stage to work but it refused to co-operate - so I guessed the best solution was just to quick sim the stage. It's quite a disappointment, as it means Champ misses out on the KoM jersey by a tiny margin, but if I want to carry on with the story and keep up motivation it's the only thing I can do.
 | Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | Stage 7: El Vendrell - Barcelona | UWT |
Stage Results
| 1 |  | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | 3h10'20 | | 2 |  | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 3 | | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 37 | | 4 |  | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 |  | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 |  | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 |  | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 |  | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | ... | | 87 |  | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | + 2'54 |
Final General Classification
| 1 | | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 28h36'26 | | 2 | | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Procycling | + 2'35 | | 3 |  | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Leopard | + 2'37 | | 4 |  | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'41 | | 5 |  | Roman Kreuziger | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'23 | | 6 | | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'03 | | 7 | | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'36 | | 8 | | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 4'38 | | 9 | | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 5'13 | | 10 |  | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'35 |
Spoiler | 11 | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6'12 | | 12 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 6'37 | | 13 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - Merida | + 6'49 | | 14 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 7'28 | | 15 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 7'37 | | 16 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 7'46 | | 17 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 8'30 | | 18 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 19 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 9'18 | | 20 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 9'29 | | 21 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'34 | | 22 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 9'55 | | 23 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 9'56 | | 24 | David López | Sky Procycling | + 10'09 | | 25 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 10'17 | | 26 | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 27 | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | + 10'20 | | 28 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 10'25 | | 29 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10'47 | | 30 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 11'04 | | 31 | Rafal Majka | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 11'15 | | 32 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 34 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11'22 | | 35 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11'50 | | 36 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 37 | Haimar Zubeldia | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 38 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 11'54 | | 39 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 12'12 | | 40 | Warren Barguil | Team Argos - Shimano | + 12'54 | | 41 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - Sharp | + 14'04 | | 42 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | + 14'46 | | 43 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 15'32 | | 44 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 45 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | + 15'53 | | 46 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 15'58 | | 47 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Leopard | + 16'04 | | 48 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 16'37 | | 49 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 16'39 | | 50 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | + 17'23 |
Points Classification
| 1 | | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 68 | | 2 |  | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | 68 | | 3 | | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 57 | | 4 |  | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 48 | | 5 | | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | 41 |
Mountains Classification
| 1 | | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 72 | | 2 | | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | 70 | | 3 | | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 60 | | 4 | | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | 44 | | 5 | | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 41 |
Youth: Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQS) Team:  Katusha Team
That concludes Chambula's first World Tour race, ultimately disappointing but on balance fairly successful, he's got himself noticed at least!
Over the next week I'll try and get a review of March done before heading off to Trentino.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 01-02-2014 08:19
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Shame that the game messed it up. Still, 27th isn't bad for his WT race although I'd have preferred it if he might had stayed in Top 25, just to have it in his portofolio. And missing out on the mountain jersey by just 2 points sucks big time. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 21:01
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Despite the simulation, Chambula only missed out on the Mountains Classification by two points
Hope PCM behaves for you from now on |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 02-02-2014 12:41
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Shonak - It is quite a shame, I was really hoping that I could get the stage to work and let Chambula claim the mountains jersey but it wasn't to be. I guess missing out by that margin only strenghtens his resolve though!
sutty - I think it was just that stage that was causing problems, so I should be able to settle back into a rhythm now that I've got over a little busy period with school etc. as well.
Apologies for the extremely slow speed this has been going at recently, I think it should pick up a bit in the next few weeks
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 02-02-2014 12:45
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Important Race Results
| Paris - Nice | 1 | | Rubén Plaza | | | 2 | | Igor Antón | | | 3 | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | | | | Tirreno - Adriatico | 1 |  | Bradley Wiggins | | | 2 | | Michal Kwiatkowski | | | 3 |  | Jurgen van den Broeck | | | | Milano - Sanremo | 1 |  | Marcel Kittel | | | 2 | | Mark Cavendish | | | 3 | | André Greipel | | | | Volta a Catalunya | 1 | | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | | | 2 | | Rigoberto Urán | | | 3 | | Chris Horner | | | | E3 Harelbeke | | | Tom Boonen | | | | Gent - Wevelgem | | | Tom Boonen | | | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | 1 |  | Fabian Cancellara | | | 2 | | Tom Boonen | | | 3 |  | Bernhard Eisel |
March has been a much better month for the team. After a poor showing in February, everyone seems to have really stepped up a gear, and after a fantastic victory in Strade Bianche by Edvald Boasson Hagen; we put up a good showing at the Paris-Nice - Tirreno double-header. Boasson Hagen himself registered a surprising podium, with Richie Porte just a few seconds behind him in fourth, and after winning the TTT convincingly in Tirreno, Wiggo held on through the mountains to win overall.
The classics campaign looked to be a disaster, as bar Edvald, who registered a couple average finishes around 10th place, no-one could get into the top 25 in Milan-SanRemo, E3 or Gent-Wevelgem. However this was turned around as Bernie Eisel hung on desparately to the wheels of Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen to claim one of the grittiest 3rd places ever in the Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Catalunya has already been covered, that was fairly succesful, and I even managed to get myself my first points - along with the CQ ranking shown below, I also have 1 WT point!
CQ Ranking - Individual
| 1 | | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | 1002 | | 2 | | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Leopard | 742 | | 3 | | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 685 | | 4 | | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | 633 | | 5 | | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | 620 | | ... | | 273 | | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | 39 |
CQ Ranking - Team
| 1 | | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | 3984 | | 2 | | Movistar Team | 2411 | | 3 | | BMC Racing Team | 2046 | | 4 | | RadioShack - Leopard | 2030 | | 5 | | Sky Procycling | 1890 |
Bernhard Eisel's performance in the Ronde van Vlaanderen was, for me, this month's highlight. I could never imagine myself being able to ride up all those cobbled hills!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-02-2014 14:57
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Boonen looks like he has some Great form |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 03-02-2014 21:47
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sutty - Indeed looks like it will be a tough job beating him in Roubaix
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 03-02-2014 21:48
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| Giro del Trentino | 15th - 19th April 2013 | 2.HC |
The Giro del Trentino is a very hard race, with two mouth-watering summit finishes, including the Sega di Ala on the last stage, which is about 12km at 9%! However we have brought a strong team (as ever) and the team management rather fancy our chances of a podium finish overall. Bradley Wiggins leads the team, as we hope to gain a good result in the Team Time Trial before holding on to a possible lead through controlling the race in the mountains; with Belarussian pairing of Kiryienka and Siutsou his able lieutenants.
The full team:
Ian Boswell
Joseph Dombrowski
Chambula Dorji
 Vasil Kiryienka
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Bradley Wiggins
The Favourites
Not an amazingly strong field, as many riders are opting to go to Fleche Wallonne instead of here, but there are three top names the management singled out in our pre-race debrief:
Michele Scarponi has had a nondescript season so far, but he will be looking to change that with a good result here on his home turf. Never one to be discounted, he has a strong team at his disposal, including Przemyslaw Niemiec, ready to take over if Michele cracks at some point.
Jakob Fuglsang has been similarly anonymous, but that might change here - he’s a good climber with some pretty strong back-up as well.
Cadel Evans may be old, but a fighting 5th in Tirreno proved there’s still life in the old dog yet. The parcours of this short yet tough race seems suited to him, and his great tactical nous could prove decisive.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 03-02-2014 22:50
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This should be a race very well suited to the Champ. That is to say, if he gets some freedom. But he probably just will have the honour to work his ass off for Sir Wiggins.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-02-2014 23:03
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Hope Chambula enjoys riding those mountains in Italy, Good Luck |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 04-02-2014 18:57
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Shonak - Knowing Sky he probably won't but you never know... Haha what an honour 
sutty - Thank you, I'm sure both I and he will need it 
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 04-02-2014 19:05
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| Giro del Trentino | Stage 1: Lienz - Lienz | 2.HC |
A fairly gentle start today to what is a very difficult tour. However, the one climb on the route, the Iselberg, is quite difficult and I wouldn’t be surprised if someone made a move on it.
A break of four riders formed fairly early on during the stage, but none of them were riders who looked to be a threat so everything was sailing along nicely until about 10km before the Iselberg, when a group of four riders (Chernetskiy, Bongiorno, Chaves and de Marchi) attacked, leading to a distinct increase in pace at the front.
As we reached the climb, some big attacks started coming, including Kiserlovski of RadioShack and Santaromita of BMC, both very good on the hills. As you can see, we were straight on the front, trying to make sure that no-one could establish that much of a gap.
However our efforts didn't seem to be making much of a difference, despite a massive increase in pace, a group of six more riders started to get away on the descent. This group contained the dangerous Lampre duo of Scarponi and Niemiec, Peter Velits, Fuglsang, Duarte and Sella.
At this point the team wanted me to pace, being easily the best descender in the squad, but I had fallen quite a long way back in the pack and was unable to make it to the front.
Going under the 5km to go banner, the group ahead had expanded as several people from the two groups that had attacked earlier fell back. However, the peloton, led by a combination of RadioShack and Omega Pharma, completely ignoring the fact that their leaders were up the road, was closing in fast.
In the end it was Kevin Hulsmans, one of the original members of the breakaway, who took the victory, with a narrow gap to Bongiorno and Chernetskiy in second and third respectively.
Unbeknowst to us at the time, Jakob Fuglsang had managed to sneak into a small lead group which finished 35 seconds ahead of the reduced main field, meaning he is definitely the best-placed of the favourites.
Stage Results
| 1 | | Kevin Hulsmans | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 2h55'24 | | 2 | | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 3 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 |  | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | | Esteban Chaves | Colombia | s.t. | | 6 | | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 |  | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 35 | | 8 | | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | ... | | 74 | | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | | Kevin Hulsmans | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 2h55'13 | | 2 | | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5 | | 3 | | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | + 7 | | 4 | | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 11 | | 5 | | Esteban Chaves | Colombia | s.t. | | 6 | | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent Jobs - Wanty | + 43 | | 8 | | Frédéric Amorison | Crelan - Euphony | + 44 | | 9 | | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 46 | | 10 | | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | ... | | 74 | | Chambula Dorji | Sky Procycling | s.t. |
Points: Kevin Hulsmans (Vini Fantini - Selle Italia) Mountain: Sergey Chernetskiy (Katusha Team)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-02-2014 12:35
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Not a bad start for Chambula |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 06-02-2014 18:49
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Spoiler I genuinely have no idea what happened on this stage... I followed my usual principle for playing TTTs, which is to play it to get some screenshots, and then quit and sim the stage to get an accurate result, but I ended up with this...
| Giro del Trentino | Stage 2: Lienz - Lienz TTT | 2.HC |
A short and not particularly technical course today (or so I’m told - I have yet to ride a dreaded individual time trial in my career, this would be my first experience of a time-trial, luckily I have the support of my team-mates today, as it is a Team Time Trial!
Lampre set off full of intent for their leaders Scarponi and Niemiec, but were a mediocre 10th in the end.
RadioShack were favourites to win the day, and put in a strong performance which saw them top the provisional standings, but later found themselves pushed down into second.
We set off, with Wiggins at the front, and me at the back, naturally.
OPQS are always a strong TTT outfit, and they finished 4th
BMC were also strong contenders for the win today, and the pre-match speculation proved to be correct, as they beat RadioShack by 17 seconds, quite a big margin
However, disaster had befallen the team! Wiggins and Dombrowski had clipped wheels with each other and crashed (unfortunately the TV cameras did not capture this incident as they were focussing elsewhere). We plodded on, but we knew the day was lost, and we ended up dead last.
Stage Results
| 1 | | BMC Racing Team | 17'44 | | 2 | | RadioShack - Leopard | + 17 | | 3 | | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step | + 31 | | 5 | | Katusha Team | s.t. | | ... | | 25 | | Sky Procycling | + 2'17 |
Overall: Sergey Chernetskiy (Katusha Team)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-02-2014 14:08
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What a shame about Wiggo and Dombrowski , hope they can both carry on |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 07-02-2014 18:28
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sutty - I think they've only suffered minor injuries so the team can continue at full strength, despite the awful result.
Next stage coming up soon, it was a bit of a beast of a stage!
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